- Date
- February 10, 1993, 10:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- White Plains, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6433VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930210002209A
- Case key
- 11898
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Probable cause
The collapse of the left main landing gear for an undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane entered the traffic pattern for a landing on runway 29, but the pilot was then asked by the tower controller to land on runway 16. The pilot stated that the 'approach and landing were normal' but 'the wind gusted and ballooned us a few feet.' After touching down on the runway again, the left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane veered off to the right side of the runway. A witness reported the landing gear was down prior to the bounce, but then observed the left gear 'in trail' after the bounce. The landing gear was functionally tested and no mechanical malfunctions were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6433V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0694
- Airframe hours
- 3,518
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Interstate Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Interstate Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 10, 1993 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 4B8 · Plainville, CT
- Destination
- HPN
- Airport
- HPN · Westchester County, runway 16, 6,548 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,080 total · 99 in this make and model · 828 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HPN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.